Now you can! At least virtually anyway. Hasbro launched Monopoly City Streets online, a reality Google Maps based game where every street on the planet can be bought and almost immediately developed – but just by one person. So sign up today and use your 3 million Monopoly dollars to get your virtual hands on the street you lived on as a kid, the street you want to live on, or a street you’d love (I wonder if 5th avenue or Rodeo Dr. is already taken…). If it is, sharpen your bargaining skills and trade for it!

The new online game is launched in conjunction with the new 3-D buildable Monopoly City board game, in which players don’t need to wait to own their monopoly in order to begin development and earning more income.

“The online experience for Monopoly City Streets emphasizes the exciting dealing and negotiating elements of MONOPOLY,” said Sarah Hoskin, Senior Marketing Manager for U.S. Marketing at Hasbro Games. “Both Monopoly City Streets and Monopoly City bring new creativity to Monopoly that goes beyond the traditional property streets, green houses and red hotels.”

Personally, I’m not sure how I feel about the ability to put a skyscraper next door, but I like the idea of the possibility

According to Hasbro, Monopoly City Streets will launch online in English, French, Spanish, Dutch and German on September 9, 2009. Monopoly City will be available at mass retail stores nationwide in Fall for the approximate retail price of $34.99. The board game includes more than 80 3-D buildings, district property cards, Monopoly money, “Chance” and “Dodge Rent” cards, and a Trading unit.

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